Delaware Memorial Bridge
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Suspension bridge
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| Function / usage: |
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge
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| Built: | 1949 - 1951 |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Pennsville, Salem County, New Jersey, USA, North America New Castle, New Castle County, Delaware, USA, North America |
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| Carries |
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| Next to |
Delaware Memorial Bridge (1968)
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 655.75 m | |
| total length | 4 023.4 m | |
| span lengths of main bridge | 228.6 m - 655.75 m - 228.6 m | |
| number of lanes | 4 | |
| main bridge | ||
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| length | 1 112.5 m | |
Cost
| cost of construction | United States dollar 44 000 000 |
Materials
| cables |
steel
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| deck |
steel
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| pylons |
steel
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Participants
- Homer R. Seely (project engineer)
- Henry C. Tammen (designer)
- Ellis Paul (designer)
- Enoch R. Needles (designer)
- A. Gordon Lorimer (architect)
- Othmar Ammann (design consultant)
- Frank L. Stahl (engineer) (cables)
Design
Consulting engineers
- Ammann & Whitney
- Moran, Proctor, Freeman & Mueser (foundations)
Contractor
- American Bridge Company (towers)
- Merritt, Chapman, Scott (anchorages)
Cables
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- Le "Delaware Memorial Bridge", à Wilmington (Etats-Unis), in "La Technique des Travaux", January 1957, n. 1-2 v. 33
- The Delaware Memorial Bridge(technical report), 1953
- Great American Bridges and Dams, John Wiley & Sons, New York (USA), ISBN 0471143855, 1984; pp. 110
- Brücken / Bridges (4th edition), Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart (Germany), ISBN 3421025908, 1994; pp. 288-289
- Les grands ponts du monde: Hors d'Europe, Brissaud, Poitiers (France), ISBN 2902170688, 1990; pp. 152
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0000511 |
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| Created: | 16/11/1999 |
| Last Updated: | 27/02/2013 |